2016 August

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Articles in this issue:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

A guide to dispute resolution from many of Southern California’s premier neutrals

Joan Kessler

2016 August





Arbitration – A lawyer’s tool

When to choose arbitration and how to avoid disaster at arbitration

Alexander S. Polsky

2016 August


Appellate Reports and Shorter Takes

Ramos v. Brenntag Specialties, Inc. narrows components parts doctrine

Jeffrey I. Ehrlich

2016 August



Right IDEA, wrong time

The case for a more proactive approach to settling Special Education disputes

Jason Harper

2016 August


Mediator ethics: Self-determination conundrum

“Tell us what to do.” Balancing right of party self-determination with achieving settlement

A. Marco Turk

2016 August


Finding a competent mediator or arbitrator

How to analyze the skills of the neutral required for your particular case

Charles G. “Skip” Rubin (Ret.)

2016 August


Mediating a minor’s personal-injury claim

A look at the differences between a minor and an adult in both the law and the mediation process

Cynthia Pasternak

2016 August


Pushing past impasse

Strategies for getting a stalled negotiation back on track

Jan Frankel Schau

2016 August


Prepare for trial, settle for top dollar at mediation

If you do not prepare and set up the case for trial, you cannot settle it for full value

Laura F. Sedrish

2016 August


Mediation confidentiality

Where we stand on mediation confidentiality, both in California since the Cassel decision and in the Ninth Circuit

Phyllis G. Pollack

2016 August


Mass-tort mediation

A look at the process of mediating rather than litigating products-liability and other mass-tort claims

Leonard S. Levy

2016 August


Use mindfulness to do better at mediation

Set aside thinking about the case and focus on what is before you

Mark Fingerman
Ralph Williams

2016 August


Eight rules for winning at mediation

Simple yet often overlooked rules to maximize your success at mediation

Jacqueline Connor (Ret.)

2016 August


Neuroscience and negotiation

Our state of mind changes often under the stress of negotiation. Response to these changes may determine success

Eleanor Barr

2016 August


Mediation: Duels to handshakes

A primer on mediation for both attorneys and their clients

Daniel Ben-Zvi
Caroline C. Vincent

2016 August


Where goes the camel’s nose?

Sniffing under the tent of mediation confidentiality post-[case]Cassel[/case]

Jill Switzer

2016 August


Our courts in crisis?

With all types of civil filings up, the chickens have come home to roost

David M. Ring

2016 August

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